Ho Weng Toh

He had his primary and secondary education in Malaysia but managed to attend university as his uncle was a rich tin miner.

[1] He attended St. Stephen's College in Stanley and Lingnan University in Hong Kong in 1941 whilst the Japanese invaded China.

[1][2] He later escaped with his fellow students from China after enduring the Japanese occupation for a few months by bribing bandits to take them across the border.

[2] In 2019, he released a book titled Memoirs of a Flying Tiger: The Story of a WWII Veteran and SIA Pioneer Pilot from the advice of George Yeo.

[8] In 2023, a short film called Flying Tigers based on his life was released and he was portrayed by Richie Koh.

Ho during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong.
Ho in the early 1940s during World War II.